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Tech News Flash: Wednesday -- February 12, 2014

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Internet of Things, Part 1: God's Gift to the NSA
US, France Team Up for Mars Mission
Kaspersky Details Sophisticated 'Mask' Robber Ops
New Quattro Could Be Shape of Digital Photography to Come

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Today's Story Highlights

Internet of Things, Part 1: God's Gift to the NSA
The NSA's salivary glands no doubt started working overtime when it
became apparent that technological advances were moving the world toward
an Internet of Things -- a world where everything would be connected to
everything else wirelessly or over the Web. Almost two years ago, David
Petraeus, then director of the CIA, enthused that the IoT would
transform surveillance techniques.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/79961.html

US, France Team Up for Mars Mission
While the U.S. and France haven't exactly been chums when it comes to
tech, the two countries are teaming up for a new mission to Mars. The
plan is to send an unmanned lander to Mars to study the interior of the
planet. The mission will launch in 2016, with the lander touching down
six months later. At least that's the plan. France and the U.S. have had
plenty of digital disagreements of late.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/79964.html

Kaspersky Details Sophisticated 'Mask' Robber Ops
Kaspersky Lab has released research findings on Careto, a malware
toolkit that has hit more than 380 victims in 31 countries so far since
2007. "Careto" means "mask" in Spanish, Kaspersky notes. The word also
could point to an ancient tradition incorporated into Portuguese and
Brazilian Carnival festivals. Because they are so highly sophisticated,
the attacks could be the work of a nation-state.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/79959.html

New Quattro Could Be Shape of Digital Photography to Come
Sigma is known mostly as a maker of lenses for other companies' cameras,
but a few years ago it latched on to a new kind of sensor technology
that caused a stir in photography circles. Now it's introducing a new
generation of its Foveon cameras with a redesigned sensor and a speedier
image processor. "They capture light in layers, much like film did,"
said DPreview.com's Shawn Barnett.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/79948.html

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